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Influence of radiation trapping on the characteristics of IR luminescence of YAG:Er3+ crystal

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The results of spectral and kinetic studies of parameters of luminescent radiation at wavelengths near 1500 nm from a YAG:Er3+ crystal under laser excitation at 970 nm are presented. A significant influence of radiation trapping effect on the decay kinetics of luminescent signal on the 4 I 13/2 → 4 I 15/2 transition of Er3+ ions is revealed. With use of the method of diaphragms with small-diameter holes, mounted directly in front of the samples, dependences of decay times of recorded luminescent signals on the portion of the trapped radiation were studied. As a lifetime of the first excited level 4 I 13/2 of Er3+ ions in this crystal, we assumed the time of luminescence decay from this level when reordered by a diaphragm with holes of 100 μm diameter. Under the same conditions, the luminescence spectrum of the material under study is recorded which is of interest for 1500 nm generation widely used in optical communications systems.

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    V. G. Babajanyan, R. B. Kostanyan & P. H. Muzhikyan

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Original Russian Text © V.G. Babajanyan, R.B. Kostanyan, P.H. Muzhikyan, 2015, published in Izvestiya NAN Armenii, Fizika, 2015, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 66–73.

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Babajanyan, V.G., Kostanyan, R.B. & Muzhikyan, P.H. Influence of radiation trapping on the characteristics of IR luminescence of YAG:Er3+ crystal. J. Contemp. Phys. 50, 49–54 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337215010089

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